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Why hack Halo PC?
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 4:27 am
by Seiru
The modding pack comes out in a month...why bother? On the other hand, there will never be an official modding pack for Halo Xbox, shouldn't we focus on that version? I dunno, it just seems dumb for HMT and other programs to give Xbox the shaft.
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 5:51 am
by HAL9000
its because its much easer than XBox so we mod pc plus on XBox u have to buy a modchip and somtimes other stuff too

Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 6:25 am
by CrimsonKnight
the question is not why to mod halo pc, the question is why not. i mean it is there...go for it. if the developers didnt want us to hack it they would have made it super hard. but they didnt so have fun and shut up.
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 8:18 am
by Seiru
CrimsonKnight-I don't think you read my post...
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 1:54 pm
by BlacGrunt55
becuz, apparantly u dont think moddins all that cool and can wait a while
where as the rest of us absoulutely luv it and cant get enough
am i right marines?
sir yes sir!
d*** rite i am, now move it out, double time
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 2:03 pm
by CrimsonKnight
uh, yeah i read your post, and you are mistaken, so far all we know for sure is that the lek will let us mess with levels and add levels, we are doing much more than that right now.
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 3:51 pm
by staticx57
well i mod halo pc becasue i dont want to add a mod chip or anything.
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 3:53 pm
by Digikid
I believe that the real question is
WHY NOT?
My answer is
BECAUSE IT IS THERE!!!! 
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 5:28 pm
by Seiru
*Sigh*...My point is, the stuff that HMT is doing for the PC version isn't going to be very revolutionary when the official mod pack comes out in a month. Shouldn't they at least support both versions of Halo? (I'm talking about map rebuilding)
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 6:23 pm
by shadowbeast
fuck you Seiru
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 9:32 pm
by Seiru
Is this what I should expect from these boards? I mean really...
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 9:54 pm
by BlacGrunt55
Seiru wrote:*Sigh*...My point is, the stuff that HMT is doing for the PC version isn't going to be very revolutionary when the official mod pack comes out in a month. (I'm talking about map rebuilding)
key word month, theres 2 things about that
one: we have 2 wait a month
two: gearbox (dont get me wrong, i luv them and get pissed when people diss them, but really) has a bit of a problem meetin deadlines
oo oo oo!
i just thought of sumthin
they said those level packs would come out around december, do u think that maybe they'll be bundled with sdk, or that theyre waiting 2 do it so they can use sdk as an example of how well it worx
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 11:01 pm
by Iron_Forge
The reason I mod HPC as opposed to xBox, is because its here, its quick, its easy...When your testing to see if things work or not, its much faster to load HPC, click a few menu options, and see what worked, what didn't...With the xBox it involved turning on the xbox (another room atm), getting a cache, modifying it, uploading it, returning to the xbox, loading halo, testing it, see what worked and what didn't...Simply put, it is easier to test things on HPC, regardless if your xBox is beside you or not...
Now from HMT's point of view, rebuilding HPC maps isn't near as complex as xBox, due to the nature of the map files...With HPC, models are off in their own little area (rather than between the file table and the meta), as well as the xBox has raw data to contend with (bitmaps, sounds)...Basically the theory remains the same, and I don't forsee any major "hurdles" to be over-come making it work with the xBox, besides the acctual coding of it (since it has to rebuild the raw blocks aswell)...
When it comes to coding, your better off starting with the smaller easier task, as a proof of concept before making it work with the harder version which is just a more complex version of the one already created...While it may be important to you to have the xBox version, theres little point in holding back a PC version until the xBox one is complete, simply because not everyone wants it... ;o)
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2003 8:19 am
by Seiru
Well, allright...I guess you have a point.
It just makes me so anxious seeing all these cool mods being done for HPC, while I just sit here playing with meta. :-/
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2003 6:22 pm
by sepiku
*starts talking like neo* why not?*stops talking like neo, because neo is really keanu reeves, and hes a fruit*
but i think pc is cooler...on xbox you cant kill people who youve never met halfway across the country with your new, kick ass mod
*starts taling like golum*my precious*doesnt stop talking like gollum, gets taken to a mental hospital, nooone cares, is obducted by aliens after being let out of the mental house, no one belives him, goes back into the assilum, i hate bein a grunt*
